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Specialty Washer Co. of Sc, Inc.401(k)

SPECIALTY WASHER CO. PROFIT SHARING 401(K) PLAN · BAMBERG, SC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.16%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Specialty Washer Co. of Sc, Inc. reported $20,539 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.16% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,810 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.17% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 365th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 7,624th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,276,588
Participants with balances113
Active participants115
Employer contributions$323,110
Employee contributions$499,711
Employer contribution per active participant$2,810
Average account balance$117,492
Benefits paid to participants$2,353,125
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHE HOBBS GROUP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.0M · 112 accts · $326K emplr
2023$13.3M · 113 accts · $323K emplr
2022$12.7M · 110 accts · $306K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,903
Investment management$18,636
Total administrative$20,539
The Specialty Washer Co. of Sc, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,810
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$2,987 per active participant
2023$2,810 per active participant
2022$2,914 per active participant

Specialty Washer Co. of Sc, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$18,636
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$1,903
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$28,707 · 0.22%
2023$20,539 · 0.16%
2022$23,829 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 112731688 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.